Φῶςἱλαρὸν

Now - a parchment with the Hellenic Christian hymn Φῶς ἱλαρόν (“Quiet Light”). Now he is terribly popular and known all over the world. The Church claims that the tradition of singing it goes back to the fourth century: you see, it’s true, and maybe even earlier.

I was too lazy to rewrite everything, so I wrote down only three lines:
Φῶς ἱλαρὸν ἁγίας δόξης
ἀθανάτου Πατρός, οὐρανίου,
ἁγίου, μάκαρος, Ἰωσήρ Χριστέ…

“The light of quiet, bright glory
without death, Father heaven,
Holy Blessed, Holy Christ..."

On the reverse side it says: ΑΓΝΟΝ ͵ΓΥΝϚ ΤΗΣ ΕΠΟΧΗΣ ΤΗΣ Γ΄ ΓΛΙΝΝΑΡΙΚΟΝ - “Agnon, [year] 3456 of the Third Age in Glinnar.” This is 337 AD. So much for dating!

PS I sang a couple of musical phrases from there in a modern Hellenic voice.